M-type star · red

HR 8224

HR 8224 is a red in the constellation Cepheus 1,016 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,490 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 304× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,016 years ago.

1,016 lybrightness mag 6.11M3II-III...

Also catalogued as HD 204599 · HIP 105949

3,490 K
temperature
6.11
apparent magnitude
304× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M3II-III...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,016 years
at light speed from Earth
0.60×
as hot as the Sun
304×
the Sun's light output
-1.36
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cepheus

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.